49:1 Then
Jacob
called
his
sons
and
said,
"Gather
yourselves
together,
that
I
may
tell
you
what
shall
happen
to
you
in
days
to
come.
49:2 "Assemble
and
listen,
O
sons
of
Jacob,
listen
to
Israel
your
father.
49:3 "Reuben,
you
are
my
firstborn,
my
might,
and
the
firstfruits
of
my
strength,
preeminent
in
dignity
and
preeminent
in
power.
49:4 Unstable
as
water,
you
shall
not
have
preeminence,
because
you
went
up
to
your
father's
bed;
then
you
defiled
it--he
went
up
to
my
couch!
49:5 "Simeon
and
Levi
are
brothers;
weapons
of
violence
are
their
swords.
49:6 Let
my
soul
come
not
into
their
council;
O
my
glory,
be
not
joined
to
their
company.
For
in
their
anger
they
killed
men,
and
in
their
willfulness
they
hamstrung
oxen.
49:7 Cursed
be
their
anger,
for
it
is
fierce,
and
their
wrath,
for
it
is
cruel!
I
will
divide
them
in
Jacob
and
scatter
them
in
Israel.
49:8 "Judah,
your
brothers
shall
praise
you;
your
hand
shall
be
on
the
neck
of
your
enemies;
your
father's
sons
shall
bow
down
before
you.
49:9 Judah
is
a
lion's
cub;
from
the
prey,
my
son,
you
have
gone
up.
He
stooped
down;
he
crouched
as
a
lion
and
as
a
lioness;
who
dares
rouse
him
49:10 The
scepter
shall
not
depart
from
Judah,
nor
the
ruler's
staff
from
between
his
feet,
until
tribute
comes
to
him;
and
to
him
shall
be
the
obedience
of
the
peoples.
49:11 Binding
his
foal
to
the
vine
and
his
donkey's
colt
to
the
choice
vine,
he
has
washed
his
garments
in
wine
and
his
vesture
in
the
blood
of
grapes.
49:12 His
eyes
are
darker
than
wine,
and
his
teeth
whiter
than
milk.
49:13 "Zebulun
shall
dwell
at
the
shore
of
the
sea;
he
shall
become
a
haven
for
ships,
and
his
border
shall
be
at
Sidon.
49:14 "Issachar
is
a
strong
donkey,
crouching
between
the
sheepfolds.
49:15 He
saw
that
a
resting
place
was
good,
and
that
the
land
was
pleasant,
so
he
bowed
his
shoulder
to
bear,
and
became
a
servant
at
forced
labor.
49:16 "Dan
shall
judge
his
people
as
one
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.
49:17 Dan
shall
be
a
serpent
in
the
way,
a
viper
by
the
path,
that
bites
the
horse's
heels
so
that
his
rider
falls
backward.
49:18 I
wait
for
your
salvation,
O
LORD.
49:19 "Raiders
shall
raid
Gad,
but
he
shall
raid
at
their
heels.
49:20 "Asher's
food
shall
be
rich,
and
he
shall
yield
royal
delicacies.
49:21 "Naphtali
is
a
doe
let
loose
that
bears
beautiful
fawns.
49:22 "Joseph
is
a
fruitful
bough,
a
fruitful
bough
by
a
spring;
his
branches
run
over
the
wall.
49:23 The
archers
bitterly
attacked
him,
shot
at
him,
and
harassed
him
severely,
49:24 yet
his
bow
remained
unmoved;
his
arms
were
made
agile
by
the
hands
of
the
Mighty
One
of
Jacob
(from
there
is
the
Shepherd,
the
Stone
of
Israel),
49:25 by
the
God
of
your
father
who
will
help
you,
by
the
Almighty
who
will
bless
you
with
blessings
of
heaven
above,
blessings
of
the
deep
that
crouches
beneath,
blessings
of
the
breasts
and
of
the
womb.
49:26 The
blessings
of
your
father
are
mighty
beyond
the
blessings
of
my
parents,
up
to
the
bounties
of
the
everlasting
hills.
May
they
be
on
the
head
of
Joseph,
and
on
the
brow
of
him
who
was
set
apart
from
his
brothers.
49:27 "Benjamin
is
a
ravenous
wolf,
in
the
morning
devouring
the
prey
and
at
evening
dividing
the
spoil."
49:28 All
these
are
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel.
This
is
what
their
father
said
to
them
as
he
blessed
them,
blessing
each
with
the
blessing
suitable
to
him.
49:29 Then
he
commanded
them
and
said
to
them,
"I
am
to
be
gathered
to
my
people;
bury
me
with
my
fathers
in
the
cave
that
is
in
the
field
of
Ephron
the
Hittite,
49:30 in
the
cave
that
is
in
the
field
at
Machpelah,
to
the
east
of
Mamre,
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
which
Abraham
bought
with
the
field
from
Ephron
the
Hittite
to
possess
as
a
burying
place.
49:31 There
they
buried
Abraham
and
Sarah
his
wife.
There
they
buried
Isaac
and
Rebekah
his
wife,
and
there
I
buried
Leah--
49:32 the
field
and
the
cave
that
is
in
it
were
bought
from
the
Hittites."
49:33 When
Jacob
finished
commanding
his
sons,
he
drew
up
his
feet
into
the
bed
and
breathed
his
last
and
was
gathered
to
his
people.